Hello, and welcome to
Behold the Lamb Presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton your host,
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and I want to
thank you for joining us.
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As we study the Holy
Writ, we begin to clearly see
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that there is indeed
a tremendous controversy
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between good and
evil in our world
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that began from this
world's very inception,
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a great controversy
between Christ and His angels,
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and Satan and his angels.
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It is a battle
that began in heaven
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and is now being
fought on this earth
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with our lives being
the choice possession.
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Satan is in this battle
to win over God's created
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and beloved
children, us, as his very own,
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his desire is to be
as God, our Creator.
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The enemy of souls
longs for our worship
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whether it be an
open demonic form
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or a spy simply not following
the truths of God's Word
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that will set us free
from sin and eternal death.
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It doesn't matter to him
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just as long as
we're not worshiping
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in God's Spirit
and in God's truth.
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Therefore, as
said, many worshippers
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are worshipping
in Satan's church
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and following Satan's plan,
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and perishing for
a lack of knowledge.
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We don't want this
to be your experience.
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Therefore, Satan's church,
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and his plans are hereby exposed
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so that you will not
be ignorant of the truth.
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But before we join
Pastor Kenny Shelton,
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for part one of 'Satan
Has a Church and a Plan, '
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let's visit the
3ABN Worship Center
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for a song that is entitled
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'How Wonderful Heaven
Will Be' by Steve Darmody.
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As I see the marks
of sin I feel a sadness
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But there's a thought that
always brings a sweet release
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Soon our Savior will be here,
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That day is drawing near
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When tears,
trials, and heartaches
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All will cease
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Oh, how wonderful heaven will be
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To be with Jesus
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Throughout eternity
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No earthly thing can compare
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To what is waiting for us
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There
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Oh, how wonderful
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Heaven will be
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Oh, just think
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Of all the
countless joys of heaven
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A better land, a better life
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Than we could know
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We will be forever safe
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Thru His forgiving grace
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This gift is ours because
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He loves us so
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Oh, how wonderful
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Heaven will be
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To be with Jesus
throughout eternity
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No earthly thing can compare
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To what is waiting for us
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There
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Oh, how wonderful
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Heaven will be
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Oh, how wonderful
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Heaven will be
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To be with Jesus
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Throughout eternity
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No earthly thing can compare
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To what is waiting for us
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There
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Oh, how wonderful heaven
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Will be
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Oh, how wonderful
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Heaven
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will be
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Thanks for joining us
here, Behold the Lamb.
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We appreciate you
so very, very much.
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We enjoy the
special music always,
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it just brings us
real joy and excitement
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before we get
into the Word of God.
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Again, we're
thankful for those of you
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who write letters,
you have questions,
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you know, feel
free to give us a call,
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you can write a letter,
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and we'll do our very
best to get back to you.
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We thank you for your
love then for your support.
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And always before we
get into the Word of God,
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what do we always do?
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We always pray.
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And so once again
we're going to pray together.
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And I invite
you all in your home
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those who may just be listening
or watching that if you can,
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you can kneel with
me and you can pray
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'cause we need the power
of the Holy Spirit, don't we?
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Let's pray together, shall we?
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Kind, loving, Heavenly Father,
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again, we thank
You for the privilege
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that we have to open the
pages of this beautiful book
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called the Bible.
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We pray in a very
special way for the anointing
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of thy Holy
Spirit upon Your Word.
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Lord, we can't
understand the Word without You,
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we can't
understand what it means,
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so we need to
have the Holy Spirit
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to come into
our hearts and mind,
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open our ears that we may
hear that we may hear Your Word,
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we may hear the admonition
that You have for us today.
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We thank You for
those who are viewing,
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those who are listening,
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and we'll pray
that You meet every need
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of every heart
and every live today
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as we learn more about Jesus
in the hour in which we live,
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in Jesus' name we pray
and for His sake, amen.
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I always encourage
those who are at home be sure
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and even in the church to
be sure and have your Bible,
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have a pencil and paper
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because it's so
important to jot things down
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because we have to
move rather quickly
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because we have only a
certain amount of time.
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We're going to
be doing this study,
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so it's going to
be a two-part series.
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So you want to make sure
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we're going to set up
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the foundation of this
series in this first part,
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it's very, very important.
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The title of this
message is "Satan has his church
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and a plan."
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Satan has his church and a plan.
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That's very, very important
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that we understand the
plan that the enemy has
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and how he's going to use
that plan try to against us
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so that heaven
cannot be our home.
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So, again, we're
glad you joined us.
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Let's study the Word
of God together, shall we?
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You have your Bible?
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You have your pencil, pen,
so you jot these things down.
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I want you turn to me, I
love the Book of Revelation,
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how about you?
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Book of Revelation is just
the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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It's revealing of Jesus
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and how desperately we need
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a fresh
revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Too many of us
are living on day old
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20-year-old experience.
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And our experience
has to be new and fresh
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every day of our life.
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And so as we turn to
the Book of Revelation,
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I want you to turn
to Revelation Chapter 3.
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Revelation
Chapter 3 is very familiar
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it's talking about
the churches, you know?
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And it's
interesting the title as
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"Satan has his
church and he has a plan"
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but notice, along with God says,
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"I have a
church," the devil says,
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"I have a church, "
ain't that interesting?
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The enemy has a church.
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Now you can either
belong to God's church
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or you can belong
to the enemy church.
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So we're going to be
revealing as we study this plan,
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the plan that the enemy
has, how he's going to use it
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against God's
people to confuse our minds
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so that we become
a part of his church
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rather than a
part of God's church,
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and then we don't
even know the difference.
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So in studying the God's Word,
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it certainly reveals
there is a big difference,
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but the enemy is, remember,
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he is working,
how is he working?
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So that he deceives the
mind so that he makes us think
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that we're on the right track
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or it doesn't
really make any difference
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which it really does.
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Revelation 3:7, 8, and 9.
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Revelation,
what? Good, Chapter 3.
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You're jotting it down,
you're going to go back,
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and you're going
to study it again.
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I know that you are.
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Revelation
Chapter 3:7, 8, and 9.
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Notice, again,
we're going to indentify,
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Jesus talking and
telling us about this church,
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Philadelphia is the
seventh church in it.
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In seven churches
that's the last church,
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that's the
brotherly love, and so on,
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you know, we talk
about here the next the last.
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A church of love...
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Should the
church have love in it?
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Absolutely, the
message that Jesus gives,
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it's a love message, isn't it?
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But notice what he says,
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"And to the angel
of Philadelphia write,
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These things saith he
is holy, he that is true,
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he that hath the key
of David, he that openeth,
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and no man, " what?
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"Shutteth and
shutteth, and no man open."
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But notice this.
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"I know thy works: behold,
I have set before thee, "
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what kind of a door?
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"An open door,
no man can shut it.
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For thou hast a little strength,
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and has kept my word,
and hast not denied," what?
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"My name."
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Notice verse 9 is
very important here.
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"Behold, I make them of
the synagogue of Satan..."
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Some people don't even know
that's in the Bible of what?
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That there is
synagogue of Satan,
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it stands to
reason that Jesus says,
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"I have," the what? "A
church, I have a people."
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The devil says,
"I have a church,
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and I have a people."
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You're going to
belong to one or the other.
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So, "behold, I make them
of the synagogue," of what?
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"Of Satan, which say
they are Jews, which are not,
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but do lie, behold, I
will make them to come
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and worship before thy feet,
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and to know that
I have loved thee."
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Very interesting
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'cause it's talking
about a door that is open here.
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Satan has a church.
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He has a plan.
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I'm thankful for these promises,
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and I know that you are.
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As you look at these,
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you'll notice there
are promises in there.
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There is promises of
the door that is opened.
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Now you remember in 1844,
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we understand
what happened, right?
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There is a door
that was open, right,
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1844 that we might by faith
go into the most holy place,
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the most holy place,
God has opened that door,
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He invites us to
come in where He's at.
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He's promised that
He's going to do what?
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Answer prayer, do it in
a very, very special way.
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So here's a door
that we can thank God,
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we can praise Him,
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we can bring our
petitions to Him boldly.
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Telling us, we can
come freely to that throne
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because in the most
holy place represents, what?
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God's throne
room, we come boldly,
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there's not a curtain,
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there's not a bale
in between us anymore.
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The Church of Philadelphia
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realized might well
as, is the sixth church,
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I believe they're able to see it
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as a seventh church.
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But here God's talking about
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there's a door that
was open during this time
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that we can send our
petitions to Him and also, what?
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That He can fight
our battles for us.
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Remember, if you had
Jesus to fight a battle for you,
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He's going to win that battle
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if you really
turn it over to Him.
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There's no excuse
for us today to say,
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"I've turned this
situation over to Him,
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but I cannot seem
to gain the battle,
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I can't win the battle."
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If you turn the battle
if you turn the temptation,
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if you to turn the issue
really, really over to Him,
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you let go of it,
He wins every battle,
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does He not?
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Most of us, we'll
never question that.
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He always wins
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if we really let go
and let Him do the work
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and quit holding on,
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you know, to the
situation whatever might be.
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No power on earth
can close this door
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in Revelation that is opened up.
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No one can close and
cut off the communication
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that you have with
God, ain't that wonderful?
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Man might pass a law,
man might do this and that,
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but no one can shut that door.
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The only way that door
can be shut the communication
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between God and men
is if we as Christians
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choose to close that door.
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Satan can't close the
door, he love for us to,
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the door to be closed
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so that we would not
spend time in prayer,
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not spend time in
study of the Word of God,
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but this enemy cannot do that.
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Well, you know how,
what can close that door?
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Is if we decide that we
had rather live like the world,
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we would rather be involved
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in a sinful things of the world,
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that's very interesting,
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and we can do
that even by rejecting
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the light that
God has shed upon us.
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If you reject
light that God gives you
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and the God gives me,
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that closes the
door of our communication
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between us and Him.
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Think about or maybe
it's by turning a deaf ear
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to what we know is the truth.
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Satan has his
church, and I guarantee you
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it's not based
upon what is truth,
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it'd be what is a lie, isn't it?
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But the enemy is smarter
than that as you well know.
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He's not going to be
just be outward about and say,
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"Okay, this is here, my
church is based upon a lie."
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He's going to be deceiving
because he deceives what?
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The whole world.
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So he does in such
a way that you think
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that it doesn't matter anymore.
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Who might be some
members of the enemy's church?
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Now remember,
we're setting up a plan,
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we've got a platform
here which we're building on
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because we're
going to see the plan
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and the way the enemy things
that he would choose to use
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in the very last days
that there in operation
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and they've been in operation
for a long time, a long time.
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In fact, I don't know
20 years, 25 years ago,
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I wrote a little booklet,
it called "Celebration."
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This is a very
interesting thing.
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We will get into
that as we go along,
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and we see many people
going in that direction.
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And we will see
it is a direction
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that the enemy
has set in movement.
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Be very careful with
this, this will be proven
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as we go along in our study.
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We have to be
very, very careful.
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How about the members
of the enemy's church?
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We can say, "Well, we define
the members of God's church
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because they keep
the commandments of God
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and have the testimony of Jesus,
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you know, identifying marks."
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The enemy has, in his ranks,
those who are half-converted.
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Did you get that?
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Those that are what?
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They're half-converted.
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The ones that are lukewarm
that we're reading about.
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You can read
that in Revelation 3,
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where in verse 16 talks
about those who are lukewarm.
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Interesting
inspiration gives us this.
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And I think the principle
is very, very obvious here
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that a lukewarm,
half-converted Christian
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is worse than an infidel.
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"Oh, how could a half-converted
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or a lukewarm Christian
be worse than an infidel?"
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What is in an infidel?
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Well, an infidel according
to, you know, you look in the...
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Look up that words,
you know, in encyclopedia
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or you'd look at dictionaries
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or, you know, you can
go a lot of different ways
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and you can find
out about an infidel.
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It's just not
believing in any religion.
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So you have a
person who doesn't believe
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in any kind of religion,
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he's not
interested in things of God,
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a person who lacks
faith, a person who lacks trust,
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loyalty, unfaithful,
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this is the one here you
think about is an infidel.
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Now let me read
something from inspiration
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from Letter 44 in 1903
because it addresses this.
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The Bible will
address the lukewarm
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because we know
what's going to happen
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to a lukewarm Christian.
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In Bible, Jesus
said, "I'm gonna do," what?
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"Spew you out," which means,
I'm going to vomit you out,
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it makes him sick.
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And you know and I know
it's very difficult for us
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to drink lukewarm water
sometime, isn't it, you know.
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"The half-converted..."
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Notice this,
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"The half-converted Christians
are worse than infidels,
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for their deceptive
words," notice this,
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"and noncommittal
position lead many astray."
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So when you are half
converted, notice this,
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you might be
identifying yourself today.
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I'll be careful, I
don't want to identify myself
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with this group.
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If you are, notice
this, if you are non-committed
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to the cause of Christ.
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If you hear us,
told in our story today,
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the switch is on
sometime, the switch is off,
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we're non-committal here,
we're worse than an infidel.
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If our words are that
different from what lines up
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with the Word of God,
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notice this here,
even in this article,
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it says the
infidel shows his colors.
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So an infidel,
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you don't put a lot
of stock in one who says,
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"I don't believe in God, I
don't believe in the Word."
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Well, you're not going to listen
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to what he has to say
about the Word, are you?
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Because you know he
doesn't even know God,
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so therefore he's
not very dangerous
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as it were in that sense
to you in your spiritual walk
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because you know,
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you're hot or
cold what Jesus said.
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He shows his
colors, notice this,
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"The infidel..."
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Interesting,
"The infidel shows,"
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you know, "his colors.
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The lukewarm
Christian deceives both parties.
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He is neither a good
worldling nor a good Christian.
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Satan uses him to do a
work that no one else can do."
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Satan uses what?
00:19:38.81\00:19:40.74
The half-hearted,
half-converted Christian
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to do a work that no
one else can do, why?
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Because this deception
that seems like a person,
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it seemed like a good Christian.
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We go to church, we
do all these other things
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so therefore,
we're being fooled.
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Now you may want to
know and maybe you don't,
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and I'm sure
you have a good idea
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of what happens to
the half-converted person.
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You know, will
heaven be their home,
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is that enough
to make it through?
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What happens to the
fate of the half-hearted,
00:20:08.64\00:20:11.57
half-converted ones?
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In that same article Letter 44,
written in 1903, it says this,
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"There are those who,
though professedly serving God,
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are witnessing against Him."
00:20:22.28\00:20:24.59
Those who what?
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Act like they're serving God,
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they're really
witnessing against him.
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Christ cannot say of
them, "Touch them not."
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See, the good news is
00:20:35.13\00:20:36.46
when you are part
of the family of God,
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the enemy comes against
you, Christ can say, what?
00:20:38.20\00:20:40.70
"Touch them not.
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They're the apple of my eye.
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You can't get to them
because they belong to me."
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But when we're half converted,
00:20:46.91\00:20:48.88
half, you know, Christian,
if you want to call it,
00:20:48.91\00:20:51.48
if there's such a thing,
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then the God can't stand up,
Jesus can't stand up and say,
00:20:53.11\00:20:56.55
"Don't touch them."
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Notice this, "He
can't say it to them,
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'Touch them not.
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I have...' "
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"He can't say,
'I have graven them
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upon the palms of My hands.'
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No, of these halfhearted ones."
00:21:06.96\00:21:09.66
Notice this who says.
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What does, "He say,
00:21:11.27\00:21:12.60
'I will spew
you out of My mouth.
00:21:12.63\00:21:16.47
They are offensive to me.' "
00:21:16.50\00:21:19.37
Revelation 3:16.
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He's going to spew them out.
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That's the fate of
the half-converted.
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That's the ones
who are non-committed.
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Moreover, we're
studying as a Word,
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we never come into a
full knowledge of Scripture,
00:21:30.85\00:21:33.42
we're always going
to make a decision,
00:21:33.46\00:21:34.86
but we don't make that,
you know, that commitment.
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We are saying things and words
00:21:38.16\00:21:40.46
and sometime our
words give us a way
00:21:40.50\00:21:42.20
that we're not a Christian,
00:21:42.23\00:21:43.67
our deeds give away
that we're not a Christian.
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And so we had to be
very careful with this
00:21:49.34\00:21:51.37
as we go along,
00:21:51.41\00:21:52.77
Jesus would say and
I don't want to say,
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you know, I have engrained
them on the palms of my hand.
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As a child of God, your
name is on the palm of His hand
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with this nail prints.
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That's the good news, isn't it,
00:22:02.48\00:22:03.99
that we have to
certainly be living for Him.
00:22:04.02\00:22:06.55
1 Timothy, the Bible
says in 1 Timothy 3:15.
00:22:06.59\00:22:09.79
It tells us about God's church.
00:22:09.82\00:22:11.99
Notice, there's a
way that we are to behave
00:22:12.03\00:22:15.30
in the house of God.
00:22:15.33\00:22:16.80
Do you remember that
passage of scripture there
00:22:16.83\00:22:18.30
in 1 Timothy 3:15.
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There's a way
that we are to be...
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You don't come and just
behave anyway you want to.
00:22:21.20\00:22:23.77
We behave or
conduct ourselves the way
00:22:23.81\00:22:26.41
that God says to
conduct ourselves.
00:22:26.44\00:22:30.11
Notice what the Bible says,
00:22:30.15\00:22:31.88
"But if I tarry
long, that thou mayest know
00:22:31.91\00:22:34.38
how thou oughtest
to behave thyself, "
00:22:34.42\00:22:37.65
in the house of what?
00:22:37.69\00:22:39.39
"In the house of God,"
00:22:39.42\00:22:40.76
which the house of
God now is the what?
00:22:40.79\00:22:43.63
Yeah, "which is the
church of the living God
00:22:43.66\00:22:46.39
is the pillar and
the ground of the truth."
00:22:46.43\00:22:49.93
So God's church
here, the house of God,
00:22:49.96\00:22:52.93
the house of the living God,
this church should a pillar,
00:22:52.97\00:22:56.44
did you notice that?
00:22:56.47\00:22:57.97
It should be
something that's strong,
00:22:58.01\00:22:59.34
something that you can build
upon which is Jesus Christ,
00:22:59.37\00:23:02.28
absolutely.
00:23:02.31\00:23:03.78
It's the ground of what?
00:23:03.81\00:23:05.78
Truth, so it's important
that we understand truth.
00:23:05.81\00:23:09.58
What was Paul saying here?
00:23:09.62\00:23:11.19
He would start
talking to Timothy,
00:23:11.22\00:23:12.92
he was talking to
Timothy about the local church,
00:23:12.95\00:23:16.66
and he's saying to Timothy,
"There's going to be things
00:23:16.69\00:23:18.59
that's going to be
happening in the church,
00:23:18.63\00:23:20.26
you have to be very careful.
00:23:20.30\00:23:21.63
It's going to take you out,
00:23:21.66\00:23:23.03
it's going to take
the church members out,
00:23:23.06\00:23:24.47
you're going to have test,
00:23:24.50\00:23:25.83
and you're going to have trials,
00:23:25.87\00:23:27.20
you're going to have things
that's going to come your way
00:23:27.24\00:23:28.84
that you need to be
strong in the Lord."
00:23:28.87\00:23:31.01
"Our job," Paul is
telling to Timothy,
00:23:31.04\00:23:33.01
"is that we need to be engaged
to restore in the image of man,
00:23:33.04\00:23:37.58
the image of man."
00:23:37.61\00:23:38.95
How?
00:23:38.98\00:23:40.32
It should be like
Christ, not the image of man
00:23:40.35\00:23:43.62
but the image of Christ.
00:23:43.65\00:23:45.95
That's what we should
be as we look at this.
00:23:45.99\00:23:47.89
That's our job.
00:23:47.92\00:23:49.32
The image of our maker.
00:23:49.36\00:23:51.76
God must be
reflected in our lives.
00:23:51.79\00:23:55.46
So to me it's, you know,
00:23:55.50\00:23:58.20
you need to think
00:23:58.23\00:23:59.57
there's more than
just saying, "I know."
00:23:59.60\00:24:00.94
How many people have you
ever talked to that says,
00:24:00.97\00:24:02.40
"I know"?
00:24:02.44\00:24:03.84
I've talked to
many people that say,
00:24:03.87\00:24:05.21
"Oh, well, I know that.
00:24:05.24\00:24:06.57
Well, I understand that."
00:24:06.61\00:24:08.08
But that's as far as it
goes that's not far enough,
00:24:08.11\00:24:11.01
it's more than that.
00:24:11.05\00:24:14.05
How do we know how to behave
00:24:14.08\00:24:16.45
in the house of God?
00:24:16.48\00:24:17.89
So how do we really know how?
00:24:17.92\00:24:21.56
Christ Object
Lesson, page 54, says this,
00:24:21.59\00:24:24.16
"Even the church,
which should be the pillar
00:24:24.19\00:24:28.00
and the ground of the truth,
00:24:28.03\00:24:30.43
is found encouraging the
selfish love pleasure..."
00:24:30.47\00:24:35.80
These are things that sometimes
you don't want to talk about.
00:24:35.84\00:24:38.51
These are things
that you'd rather
00:24:38.54\00:24:39.87
just kind of leave out.
00:24:39.91\00:24:41.48
The Christ Object
Lesson tells us here the church
00:24:41.51\00:24:44.71
is the pillar should be,
should be the ground of truth.
00:24:44.75\00:24:48.35
But sometimes the church
00:24:48.38\00:24:49.88
is found encouraging
selfish love of what?
00:24:49.92\00:24:53.42
Of pleasure
00:24:53.46\00:24:55.52
and then an illustration
is given in this article,
00:24:55.56\00:24:57.79
and I think it would be
good that we run over this
00:24:57.83\00:24:59.63
as we set the foundation.
00:24:59.66\00:25:02.00
Things that we will
probably be talking about
00:25:02.03\00:25:04.57
in the next lesson.
00:25:04.60\00:25:06.63
It says, "When
money is to be raised
00:25:06.67\00:25:08.94
for religious purposes..."
00:25:08.97\00:25:10.51
Notice this, "When
money is to be raised
00:25:10.54\00:25:12.97
for religious purposes,
00:25:13.01\00:25:14.58
to what means do
many churches resort?"
00:25:14.61\00:25:18.18
Interesting thought.
00:25:18.21\00:25:19.81
They resort "To
bazaars, suppers, fancy fairs,
00:25:19.85\00:25:25.69
even to
lotteries, and like devices.
00:25:25.72\00:25:29.92
Often the place set
apart for God's worship
00:25:29.96\00:25:32.69
is desecrated by
feasting and by drinking,
00:25:32.73\00:25:36.30
by buying and by
selling, and merrymaking."
00:25:36.33\00:25:41.30
The church is to be what?
00:25:41.34\00:25:42.97
The pillar and
the ground of truth.
00:25:43.00\00:25:45.31
It should be the
part of the Holy Spirit
00:25:45.34\00:25:46.84
it's welcomed to come in.
00:25:46.88\00:25:49.04
But sometime, we make it
a place of social activity
00:25:49.08\00:25:52.01
to the point that we go
beyond that, which we should.
00:25:52.05\00:25:55.72
We do those things
which are not pleasing
00:25:55.75\00:25:57.35
in the sight of God.
00:25:57.39\00:25:58.72
This is what the enemy wants.
00:25:58.75\00:26:00.09
This is the kind of people
00:26:00.12\00:26:01.46
he will use to
make up his church,
00:26:01.49\00:26:03.19
they're members in good standing
00:26:03.22\00:26:04.86
of the enemy's church.
00:26:04.89\00:26:06.80
Interesting thought.
00:26:06.83\00:26:08.56
Christ Object
Lesson 54 also says, 55.
00:26:08.60\00:26:12.70
Simply says, "Cares,
riches, and pleasures, "
00:26:12.73\00:26:15.90
you remember
reading that in Scripture,
00:26:15.94\00:26:17.54
"all are used by Satan
in playing the game of life
00:26:17.57\00:26:20.88
for the human soul."
00:26:20.91\00:26:22.61
It's a game for Satan.
00:26:22.64\00:26:25.41
He wants you to be his palm
that he might move you around
00:26:25.45\00:26:27.78
where he wants to, why?
00:26:27.82\00:26:29.15
Because maybe we've not
made a commitment to Christ.
00:26:29.18\00:26:31.42
Maybe we've said that we
made a commitment to Christ,
00:26:31.45\00:26:33.76
but he knows by
our actions, our words,
00:26:33.79\00:26:35.59
and our deeds that we
really do not belong to Christ.
00:26:35.62\00:26:38.39
So he wants to use us
however he wants to use us
00:26:38.43\00:26:40.96
in this game for the soul.
00:26:41.00\00:26:43.67
And he uses what?
00:26:43.70\00:26:45.03
Cares of this life.
How many have cares?
00:26:45.07\00:26:48.94
We don't have to worry
too much about riches maybe,
00:26:48.97\00:26:52.27
but lot of people dwell on that.
00:26:52.31\00:26:54.24
It's all they
have on their mind,
00:26:54.28\00:26:55.61
it's how they might gain things
of this world and pleasure.
00:26:55.64\00:27:01.02
The world spends
billions of dollars
00:27:01.05\00:27:02.82
every year on
pleasure, pleasure seeking.
00:27:02.85\00:27:06.45
It's nice to have time off,
it's nice to have a vacation,
00:27:06.49\00:27:08.52
it's nice to, you know,
get away from certain things,
00:27:08.56\00:27:10.43
but we have to be very
careful that it's not overdone.
00:27:10.46\00:27:12.86
Do to all these things
outweigh the time that we spend
00:27:12.89\00:27:15.93
in the cause of Christ.
00:27:15.96\00:27:17.53
The devil has his
church, the enemy has his plan.
00:27:17.57\00:27:23.17
And he's out to
deceive each of us here today.
00:27:23.20\00:27:26.34
Notice that, and
he can do it by cares,
00:27:26.37\00:27:28.58
we're still
wrapped up in the world
00:27:28.61\00:27:29.94
of what's going on in the
world by riches and pleasure.
00:27:29.98\00:27:33.65
A beautiful little article,
I thought very interesting
00:27:33.68\00:27:35.82
and informative in
Review and Herald's,
00:27:35.85\00:27:38.25
article in 04/00, it's 1900.
00:27:38.29\00:27:43.12
It said, "Christ
speaks of the church
00:27:43.16\00:27:44.93
over which Satan presides
as the synagogue of Satan."
00:27:44.96\00:27:48.50
Did you get this?
00:27:48.53\00:27:49.86
What does it?
00:27:49.90\00:27:51.23
"Christ speaks of the
church over which Satan
00:27:51.27\00:27:55.14
presides as the
synagogue of Satan."
00:27:55.17\00:27:59.64
Interesting words, isn't it?
00:27:59.67\00:28:01.41
It should make us
think a little bit,
00:28:01.44\00:28:02.78
do we belong to God's church
00:28:02.81\00:28:04.31
or is it the synagogue of Satan?
00:28:04.35\00:28:06.98
He has his members,
00:28:07.02\00:28:09.18
doesn't matter
whether you profess or not,
00:28:09.22\00:28:11.75
are you in word
and action and deed,
00:28:11.79\00:28:13.76
are you really a child of God,
00:28:13.79\00:28:15.42
have you really
committed to Christ,
00:28:15.46\00:28:17.16
are you following
the light that you have,
00:28:17.19\00:28:19.39
are you doing
everything that you know
00:28:19.43\00:28:21.00
in the word of God by the grace
and power of the Holy Spirit
00:28:21.03\00:28:24.27
to live that Christian life.
00:28:24.30\00:28:25.63
If not, we're fooling ourselves.
00:28:25.67\00:28:27.97
And we may belong to,
00:28:28.00\00:28:29.34
you know, the big
member of another church,
00:28:29.37\00:28:30.77
we don't want
to be a member off.
00:28:30.81\00:28:33.48
The article goes on, it says,
00:28:33.51\00:28:35.41
"Its members are
children of disobedience."
00:28:35.44\00:28:39.38
The devil has
members in his church
00:28:39.41\00:28:41.18
and, what are they?
00:28:41.22\00:28:42.55
They are disobedient.
00:28:42.58\00:28:44.35
As the disobedient will
never inherit eternal life.
00:28:44.39\00:28:47.62
If I'm disobedient
to the Word of God,
00:28:47.66\00:28:50.63
if I know what it means
and yet I refuse to do it,
00:28:50.66\00:28:53.60
I'm disobedient to God.
00:28:53.63\00:28:55.23
The disobedient will
never inherit eternal life.
00:28:55.26\00:28:58.43
I don't want to be disobedient,
00:28:58.47\00:29:00.24
I want to be
obedient to God's Word.
00:29:00.27\00:29:02.27
Don't you see in it scripture?
Do you see that in scripture?
00:29:02.30\00:29:05.07
From the very
beginning in Genesis all way
00:29:05.11\00:29:07.54
to the end of Revelation,
it has to do with being, what?
00:29:07.58\00:29:11.41
Obedient to God's Word.
00:29:11.45\00:29:14.38
God said over and over,
remember children of Israel,
00:29:14.42\00:29:16.15
"If you listen,
00:29:16.18\00:29:19.05
if you'll
listen, if you would do,
00:29:19.09\00:29:21.02
if you'll hark into
the voice of the Lord, "
00:29:21.06\00:29:23.06
this is what I'll call,
00:29:23.09\00:29:24.43
this is what will
happen in your life,
00:29:24.46\00:29:26.13
it's life that we choose to
curse rather than a blessing
00:29:26.16\00:29:29.13
because we know
we'll have blesses
00:29:29.16\00:29:30.50
if we do the right thing
the best of our knowledge
00:29:30.53\00:29:33.60
and what the Holy
Spirit can give us.
00:29:33.64\00:29:36.34
But what do we do sometimes?
00:29:36.37\00:29:38.34
I think we ask for that curse,
00:29:38.37\00:29:40.08
we ask for other
problems in life.
00:29:40.11\00:29:41.84
Notice this,
00:29:41.88\00:29:44.15
"Children of disobedience.
00:29:44.18\00:29:45.71
They are those
who choose to sin."
00:29:45.75\00:29:49.15
Children of
disobedience, do what?
00:29:49.18\00:29:51.05
They choose because it's what?
00:29:51.09\00:29:53.42
Is it a choice?
00:29:53.46\00:29:55.09
It is a choice.
Everything is a choice.
00:29:55.12\00:29:58.49
"Oh, he made me do
it, she made me do it,
00:29:58.53\00:30:00.76
they made me do it,
situation forced me,
00:30:00.80\00:30:03.37
circumstances
forced me to go out
00:30:03.40\00:30:04.73
and do this stuff on Sabbath."
00:30:04.77\00:30:06.23
No, there are no
exceptions in the Word of God,
00:30:06.27\00:30:10.24
this proves whether
we are obedient to God
00:30:10.27\00:30:12.47
and belong to His church
or obedient to the enemy.
00:30:12.51\00:30:15.51
Remember, he's going
to work in close, right,
00:30:15.54\00:30:17.41
real close connection
00:30:17.45\00:30:19.11
with God's
church how it's going,
00:30:19.15\00:30:20.65
and he's going alongside
and then he keeps going
00:30:20.68\00:30:22.75
farther and farther
away from what is true.
00:30:22.78\00:30:25.82
And it starts out
maybe almost harmless.
00:30:25.85\00:30:28.42
It doesn't matter
00:30:28.46\00:30:29.79
whether we keep
the Sabbath or not,
00:30:29.82\00:30:31.16
don't kid yourself.
00:30:31.19\00:30:32.53
The Bible's clear,
00:30:32.56\00:30:34.00
it's one the
commandments of God,
00:30:34.03\00:30:36.40
be obedient to His Word.
00:30:36.43\00:30:38.13
Is it going to be a challenge?
00:30:38.17\00:30:39.50
You better believe
we're challenged with it.
00:30:39.53\00:30:41.07
Can the Holy Spirit give
us that strength and power
00:30:41.10\00:30:43.00
to be obedient?
00:30:43.04\00:30:44.37
Absolutely, Bible says
we can be more than what?
00:30:44.41\00:30:47.08
More than conquers
through Jesus Christ,
00:30:47.11\00:30:49.04
our Lord, and our Savior,
00:30:49.08\00:30:50.45
not just half conquerors,
00:30:50.48\00:30:52.01
not just, you know, sometime
we win, sometime we lose,
00:30:52.05\00:30:54.68
we can be more,
00:30:54.72\00:30:56.05
we can be constantly
on guard of the enemy,
00:30:56.08\00:30:58.55
we can know his
plan, this is part
00:30:58.59\00:31:00.16
of what we're
talking about here.
00:31:00.19\00:31:02.22
And we start
talking about the movement
00:31:02.26\00:31:03.73
that we will hear in a moment.
00:31:03.76\00:31:05.09
Notice, it was, "Satan's
work to mingle evil with good."
00:31:05.13\00:31:08.86
What's Satan's goal?
00:31:08.90\00:31:10.27
He's going to mingle what?
00:31:10.30\00:31:13.03
Yeah,
00:31:13.07\00:31:14.40
you know, when
you're making loaf of bread,
00:31:14.44\00:31:15.77
you've got that dough
and you're going ahead,
00:31:15.80\00:31:17.17
it's easy to put
little something in there
00:31:17.21\00:31:18.64
mingle it, isn't it?
00:31:18.67\00:31:20.01
And then you can
wrap it all up and...
00:31:20.04\00:31:21.38
Oh, it looks like a
beautiful loaf of bread,
00:31:21.41\00:31:23.24
but there's poison in there.
00:31:23.28\00:31:25.08
We have to be
very, very careful.
00:31:25.11\00:31:26.75
"Satan's work to mingle
evil with good, and to remove, "
00:31:26.78\00:31:29.28
notice this,
00:31:29.32\00:31:30.65
"remove the distinction
between good and evil."
00:31:30.69\00:31:33.42
Are we seeing it today?
00:31:33.46\00:31:35.12
This is prophecy being fulfilled
00:31:35.16\00:31:36.66
before our very eyes
because we don't hardly know
00:31:36.69\00:31:38.93
the difference
between good and evil anymore.
00:31:38.96\00:31:42.13
We don't know the
difference evidently
00:31:42.16\00:31:44.53
because
something that's so obvious
00:31:44.57\00:31:46.00
to maybe you as a
Christian to say man,
00:31:46.03\00:31:48.47
this is not good,
this is against God's Word,
00:31:48.50\00:31:50.61
somebody else
standing next to you say,
00:31:50.64\00:31:52.01
"Well, I don't see
anything wrong with that."
00:31:52.04\00:31:54.74
Better question would always be,
00:31:54.78\00:31:56.38
you know, or may
a response would be
00:31:56.41\00:31:58.38
is what good is there in this.
00:31:58.41\00:32:00.65
Does this lead
me to eternal life?
00:32:00.68\00:32:03.22
Is this changing
my heart and my life
00:32:03.25\00:32:04.72
to be drawn
closer to Jesus Christ?
00:32:04.75\00:32:07.89
So he's mingling
err, right, evil and good.
00:32:07.92\00:32:12.09
He wants to
remove the distinction
00:32:12.13\00:32:13.76
because there's
a big distinction
00:32:13.80\00:32:15.90
between good and
evil, isn't there?
00:32:15.93\00:32:17.57
It should be well aware,
00:32:17.60\00:32:18.93
but he's brought
it into the world
00:32:18.97\00:32:20.30
where it's hard to
understand anymore,
00:32:20.34\00:32:22.14
we need to have
spiritual eyesight, don't we?
00:32:22.17\00:32:25.67
"Christ would have
a church that labors,"
00:32:25.71\00:32:28.44
notice, "to
separate evil from the good,
00:32:28.48\00:32:31.88
those members will not
willing to tolerate wrong-doing,
00:32:31.91\00:32:35.98
but will expel it from
the heart and the life."
00:32:36.02\00:32:39.79
If I am a child of God,
00:32:39.82\00:32:41.39
I have to be
willing as the Holy Spirit
00:32:41.42\00:32:43.49
works upon my
heart and in my life
00:32:43.53\00:32:45.19
to expel those
things that are not good.
00:32:45.23\00:32:48.06
Holy Spirit can
expel those things,
00:32:48.10\00:32:49.63
can he not?
00:32:49.66\00:32:51.23
How sad it is
that we might sit there
00:32:51.27\00:32:53.07
and think today
that the Holy Spirit
00:32:53.10\00:32:55.10
is not powerful enough
00:32:55.14\00:32:56.47
to give me complete
victory over any issue.
00:32:56.50\00:32:59.44
How sad that is.
00:32:59.47\00:33:01.58
We must not know Jesus,
00:33:01.61\00:33:03.14
we must not know the
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:33:03.18\00:33:06.31
We must not realize what
heaven is capable of doing
00:33:06.35\00:33:09.68
in and through us if
we allow Him to do it.
00:33:09.72\00:33:13.09
What are all those
promises about that
00:33:13.12\00:33:14.79
we read from time to time
00:33:14.82\00:33:17.03
and the
encourages and strength us
00:33:17.06\00:33:18.53
but yet when it
comes to us personally,
00:33:18.56\00:33:19.96
well, I just can't
seem to get past this.
00:33:20.00\00:33:23.77
We have to be willing
to expel those evil things
00:33:23.80\00:33:26.13
from our heart
and from our lives.
00:33:26.17\00:33:30.04
If I say to you,
I don't believe that
00:33:30.07\00:33:31.97
the enemy is playing
games, would you agree?
00:33:32.01\00:33:35.04
The enemy is not
playing games, is he?
00:33:35.08\00:33:38.08
No. It's life and death issue.
00:33:38.11\00:33:40.52
He knows what his fate is.
00:33:40.55\00:33:42.62
He knows his
time is running short,
00:33:42.65\00:33:45.02
he's not playing games.
00:33:45.05\00:33:46.92
Please listen to this warning.
00:33:46.96\00:33:49.26
If you don't really
listen to anything else,
00:33:49.29\00:33:50.63
please listen to this warning
00:33:50.66\00:33:51.99
because this is
what's building up
00:33:52.03\00:33:53.53
to what we're going to
talk about more and more here
00:33:53.56\00:33:55.56
as we go along because
I see it in operation...
00:33:55.60\00:34:00.90
I see it in operation,
00:34:00.94\00:34:02.27
and it's been in
operation for a long time,
00:34:02.30\00:34:04.84
it's infiltrated in
00:34:04.87\00:34:06.34
and I'm afraid it's in among us.
00:34:06.37\00:34:09.21
And now it's almost so accepted
00:34:09.24\00:34:11.85
that it's counted
as this okay thing
00:34:11.88\00:34:13.85
and it's not.
00:34:13.88\00:34:15.22
Sin is sin,
00:34:15.25\00:34:16.58
and it does not change, does it?
00:34:16.62\00:34:19.22
No matter how
long it's been around.
00:34:19.25\00:34:20.59
Notice this, 8
Testimonies, page 294.
00:34:20.62\00:34:24.26
How dirty the
devil's going to get.
00:34:24.29\00:34:26.16
He's wanting his
church to be built.
00:34:26.19\00:34:29.06
Wouldn't it be sad maybe today
00:34:29.10\00:34:30.57
to realize how many
members he has in his church,
00:34:30.60\00:34:35.00
and then look at God's
church and see how many members?
00:34:35.04\00:34:39.01
Just an interesting thought.
00:34:39.04\00:34:40.38
How many?
00:34:43.85\00:34:45.85
8 Testimonies, 294 says this,
00:34:45.88\00:34:48.68
"The hypnotic influence
of Satan will rest upon those
00:34:48.72\00:34:54.29
who turn from the plain,
00:34:54.32\00:34:56.22
notice this, plain Word
of God to pleasing fable.
00:34:56.26\00:35:01.13
"The hypnotic
influence of Satan," will what,
00:35:01.16\00:35:05.30
did I say not, will rest,
00:35:05.33\00:35:08.20
"it will rest upon those
00:35:08.24\00:35:09.90
who turn from
the plain Word of God
00:35:09.94\00:35:12.01
to pleasing fables."
00:35:12.04\00:35:13.88
What is that word
that stood out there?
00:35:13.91\00:35:16.85
Hypnotic.
00:35:16.88\00:35:18.38
Do you believe that the enemy
00:35:18.41\00:35:20.15
has the
capabilities of hypnotizing?
00:35:20.18\00:35:23.82
Yes, he did.
00:35:23.85\00:35:25.19
Did he or did he
not had that ability
00:35:25.22\00:35:27.16
and did it not work
even in the Garden of Eden?
00:35:27.19\00:35:30.03
Absolutely.
00:35:30.06\00:35:31.46
So how many of us
think, "Oh, I'm beyond that.
00:35:31.49\00:35:34.33
I don't have to
worry about that.
00:35:34.36\00:35:35.86
He can't hypnotize me."
00:35:35.90\00:35:37.23
You're a likely
candidate when you say that.
00:35:37.27\00:35:40.44
So, you know, by
the grace of God,
00:35:40.47\00:35:42.90
see, by the grace of God.
00:35:42.94\00:35:44.47
No.
00:35:44.51\00:35:45.84
But what is the enemy
going to use in last days?
00:35:45.87\00:35:48.14
Hypnotic influences as
it were so deceive the soul
00:35:48.18\00:35:52.28
that you're in a trance
00:35:52.31\00:35:53.75
that you no longer
know good from evil.
00:35:53.78\00:35:57.29
Ain't that the way it
began even in the garden?
00:35:57.32\00:35:59.92
Yeah.
00:35:59.95\00:36:03.39
Tree of
knowledge of good and evil.
00:36:03.43\00:36:06.53
Hypnotic influence of Satan.
00:36:09.20\00:36:13.54
Now who does it rest upon?
00:36:13.57\00:36:14.90
Somebody help me.
00:36:14.94\00:36:16.91
Who does it rest upon?
00:36:16.94\00:36:18.74
His hypnotic
influence rest upon those
00:36:18.77\00:36:21.88
who turn from a
plain Word of God
00:36:21.91\00:36:25.31
to pleasing fables.
00:36:25.35\00:36:28.25
Those who what? Reject truth.
00:36:28.28\00:36:32.12
If you're rejecting the truth,
00:36:32.15\00:36:33.56
the enemy then is going
to be able to work you over.
00:36:33.59\00:36:37.89
It's only by knowing
Christ, only by knowing
00:36:37.93\00:36:39.76
what truth is that we're
not going to be deceived.
00:36:39.79\00:36:42.16
See, that you say, well,
the Spirit of Prophecy say,
00:36:42.20\00:36:45.10
take the scriptures,
00:36:45.13\00:36:46.47
testify exactly
what I'm saying here,
00:36:46.50\00:36:48.77
2 Timothy 4:3 and 4.
00:36:48.80\00:36:52.31
2 Timothy 4:3 and 4.
00:36:52.34\00:36:55.94
You've read this many times,
00:36:55.98\00:36:57.38
but notice, how
it's starting to build
00:36:57.41\00:36:59.18
and how it's going
to come together here.
00:36:59.21\00:37:01.85
Bible says, "For
the time will come
00:37:01.88\00:37:03.62
when they will
not endure," what?
00:37:03.65\00:37:05.42
Sound doctrine.
00:37:05.45\00:37:06.79
"Sound doctrine." Good.
00:37:06.82\00:37:08.32
"But after their own lusts
00:37:08.36\00:37:09.72
shall they heap to
themselves teachers,
00:37:09.76\00:37:12.26
having itching," what?
00:37:12.29\00:37:14.20
"Ears." Verse 4,
00:37:14.23\00:37:15.56
"And they shall turn
away their ears from," what?
00:37:15.60\00:37:18.67
"The truth, and shall
be turned into fables."
00:37:18.70\00:37:22.70
That's what the
Bible say, isn't it?
00:37:22.74\00:37:26.44
I read in the
Spirit of Prophecy,
00:37:26.47\00:37:27.81
you says, where what?
00:37:27.84\00:37:29.18
People is going to be more happy
00:37:29.21\00:37:30.55
with pleasing fables
here in these last days
00:37:30.58\00:37:33.15
because the enemy
knows how to do it
00:37:33.18\00:37:35.42
if we are not careful and
stay close to Jesus Christ.
00:37:35.45\00:37:40.12
It's come to the point
about one of these days,
00:37:40.16\00:37:42.49
it's right here, right now
00:37:42.52\00:37:44.53
that people do not
want sound doctrine,
00:37:44.56\00:37:48.40
they want pleasing fables,
they want it sugar coated,
00:37:48.43\00:37:52.63
they want it easy,
00:37:52.67\00:37:54.34
they don't want
to make any changes.
00:37:54.37\00:37:56.04
Somebody needs to listen.
00:37:59.01\00:38:01.51
We need to really let it
soak in what's being said here
00:38:01.54\00:38:04.21
what this
warning is given to us.
00:38:04.25\00:38:06.65
They have turned
their ears from the truth.
00:38:06.68\00:38:10.09
People don't
want to hear, right?
00:38:10.12\00:38:11.59
So they're going to
turn and lot of times
00:38:11.62\00:38:13.22
when things gets too heavy,
they just don't come back,
00:38:13.25\00:38:15.42
they don't want to
listen to it anymore,
00:38:15.46\00:38:17.13
they're happy where they're at
00:38:17.16\00:38:18.63
rather than what
is God saying to me.
00:38:18.66\00:38:21.26
Is it the truth of God's Word?
00:38:21.30\00:38:22.63
Then I want to
serve Him and Him only.
00:38:22.66\00:38:26.33
That same article,
00:38:26.37\00:38:27.97
8 Testimonies on
page to 293 says this.
00:38:28.00\00:38:31.57
Notice it careful now,
00:38:31.61\00:38:32.94
"The experience of the
past will be repeated."
00:38:32.97\00:38:38.28
Now this is where
it's advantage for us.
00:38:38.31\00:38:42.35
It is advantage for God's people
00:38:42.38\00:38:44.09
because the
experiences of the what?
00:38:44.12\00:38:47.02
Of the past will be repeated.
00:38:47.06\00:38:50.83
Good.
00:38:50.86\00:38:52.99
If we know and study
what's happened in the past,
00:38:53.03\00:38:55.30
we can realize
that is happening today.
00:38:55.33\00:38:58.20
And again, we had to
deal with Catholicism here,
00:38:58.23\00:39:01.60
we have to deal
with celebration here.
00:39:01.64\00:39:05.14
We have to deal with the
ecumenical movement here,
00:39:05.17\00:39:07.81
and we will
because it's imperative
00:39:07.84\00:39:10.81
because the
Roman Church has a plan
00:39:10.85\00:39:12.95
to deceive the whole world.
00:39:12.98\00:39:16.02
Did you get it? Yes.
00:39:16.05\00:39:17.39
To do what?
00:39:17.42\00:39:19.19
To deceive the whole world.
00:39:19.22\00:39:20.82
And, evidently, the man of sin
00:39:20.86\00:39:23.73
pulls it off for a
short period of time.
00:39:23.76\00:39:27.23
I'll read that
passage in just a moment,
00:39:27.26\00:39:28.63
you don't think that's
true, we need to rethink it.
00:39:28.66\00:39:32.03
Evidently, he pulls it off,
00:39:32.07\00:39:34.30
and you're made to look strange.
00:39:34.34\00:39:37.07
Can you really put up with that?
00:39:37.11\00:39:38.44
Can you put up
somebody laughing as you are,
00:39:38.47\00:39:39.87
"You don't go
to that old church,
00:39:39.91\00:39:41.24
that you don't
belong to that or whatever."
00:39:41.28\00:39:42.88
Most, generally they don't
know what they're talking about.
00:39:42.91\00:39:47.05
How many of them
take the Word of God
00:39:47.08\00:39:48.55
and go from line upon
line and precept upon precept,
00:39:48.58\00:39:50.92
here a little, there a
little to explain what is truth?
00:39:50.95\00:39:54.92
No, they take one passage
of the scripture and then,
00:39:54.96\00:39:57.56
what, blow it
all out of proportion
00:39:57.59\00:39:59.13
and make it say
what they wanted to say.
00:39:59.16\00:40:03.13
We want the Bible to
as we read it to say,
00:40:03.16\00:40:05.33
"This is what God has said,
00:40:05.37\00:40:06.94
this is what we will
do by the grace of God."
00:40:06.97\00:40:09.64
"The experiences of the," what?
00:40:09.67\00:40:11.44
"Past will be repeated."
00:40:11.47\00:40:13.07
Notice this.
00:40:13.11\00:40:14.44
In the future,
we're there in the future,
00:40:14.48\00:40:18.08
and it's going to
continue to get worse.
00:40:18.11\00:40:19.45
We're here right
now in the future.
00:40:19.48\00:40:21.22
"Satan's superstitions
will assume new forms."
00:40:21.25\00:40:26.79
He's going to, what?
00:40:26.82\00:40:28.16
Satan in control, past
ages look what Satan did
00:40:28.19\00:40:31.39
to the Roman Church,
00:40:31.43\00:40:32.76
just all of the
things that took place.
00:40:32.79\00:40:34.13
Well, he knows that's
not popular in nowadays.
00:40:34.16\00:40:37.80
So he's going to whitewash,
00:40:37.83\00:40:40.14
try to transform
the Roman Church.
00:40:40.17\00:40:43.64
Are you still with me?
00:40:43.67\00:40:45.01
To give it a new
form, we're different now.
00:40:45.04\00:40:48.48
Somebody needs to
listen because that's not true.
00:40:48.51\00:40:51.21
It's only outside surely
for those who sitting in,
00:40:51.25\00:40:53.78
those who understand it well.
00:40:53.82\00:40:55.42
Notice this, "Errors will
be presented in a pleasing,
00:40:55.45\00:40:59.99
flattering manner.
00:41:00.02\00:41:02.69
False theories,
00:41:02.72\00:41:05.29
clothed with garments
of light, will be presented
00:41:05.33\00:41:08.10
to God's people."
00:41:08.13\00:41:09.46
Notice this, what?
00:41:09.50\00:41:10.83
False theories are going to
be presented to God's people
00:41:10.87\00:41:13.84
in garments of light.
00:41:13.87\00:41:15.97
Get it? How did
Satan come to Jesus?
00:41:16.00\00:41:18.47
A garment of light as it
were as an angel of light.
00:41:18.51\00:41:20.81
He's not going to come
say, "I'm the dirty old devil,
00:41:20.84\00:41:22.78
and I'm about to get,
00:41:22.81\00:41:24.15
I'll make sure you
don't go to heaven."
00:41:24.18\00:41:25.51
He's not that stupid.
00:41:25.55\00:41:26.88
Is that all right if I say that,
00:41:26.92\00:41:29.25
because maybe he's
00:41:29.28\00:41:30.62
because he didn't make
the right choice, did he?
00:41:30.65\00:41:34.26
How could he be so intelligent
and yet still do what he did.
00:41:34.29\00:41:37.29
Some time we
think we're intelligent,
00:41:40.53\00:41:42.10
but you know what
decisions are we making.
00:41:42.13\00:41:43.97
So these pleasing fables
00:41:46.53\00:41:47.87
then, these things that
tickle the ear, the things
00:41:47.90\00:41:50.17
that we don't
have to worry about
00:41:50.21\00:41:51.54
getting our toes stepped
on, we're going to go to church
00:41:51.57\00:41:53.17
and have a good time,
00:41:53.21\00:41:54.54
we'll hear a
bunch of jokes up front,
00:41:54.58\00:41:55.91
we'll, you
know, have a good time
00:41:55.94\00:41:57.28
and everything will be
good, and we're leaving,
00:41:57.31\00:41:58.65
there will no conviction.
00:41:58.68\00:42:00.02
That's not what church is about.
00:42:00.05\00:42:01.38
I wouldn't give
$0.02 for a pastor
00:42:01.42\00:42:02.78
who wouldn't sign and
cry for the abominations
00:42:02.82\00:42:04.49
that would be
done in the church.
00:42:04.52\00:42:07.82
As a dumb dog, the Bible
talks about that doesn't bark.
00:42:07.86\00:42:11.59
What good is a leader,
what good is a Christian
00:42:11.63\00:42:13.13
that we won't bark?
00:42:13.16\00:42:14.86
What good is a watch
dog if he doesn't bark?
00:42:14.90\00:42:18.83
I get tired of
barking sometime...
00:42:18.87\00:42:20.74
But they let you
know that there's danger,
00:42:25.81\00:42:27.41
there's something there
that's not usually there.
00:42:27.44\00:42:31.31
Now pastor needs
to and the leaders
00:42:31.35\00:42:32.95
and Sabbath school
teachers need to let the church
00:42:32.98\00:42:34.95
and the people know,
00:42:34.98\00:42:36.32
so you're not fooled
that the enemy is there
00:42:36.35\00:42:38.35
and knocking at the door,
00:42:38.39\00:42:39.75
he's pretending to be Christ,
"Open the door. Let me in."
00:42:39.79\00:42:43.96
You have to say no.
00:42:43.99\00:42:45.36
Experiences of the past.
00:42:48.46\00:42:51.67
And so this is where Satan
will come to the point to where
00:42:51.70\00:42:54.57
he will deceive, if what?
00:42:54.60\00:42:56.50
If possible the very elect.
00:42:56.54\00:42:59.11
These are things that we study.
00:42:59.14\00:43:01.91
I don't feel like and I said,
I don't feel like the elect.
00:43:01.94\00:43:06.82
But if it were possible,
00:43:06.85\00:43:08.58
it's not possible to
deceive the elect of God.
00:43:08.62\00:43:12.79
Somebody say with me.
00:43:12.82\00:43:16.62
Those who have their
minds stayed upon Christ,
00:43:16.66\00:43:18.76
those who stay in the
word and learn what truth is
00:43:18.79\00:43:21.06
and know what truth is,
00:43:21.10\00:43:22.43
keep their hand in
the hand of God, right,
00:43:22.46\00:43:24.57
Hand of Jesus Christ,
empowered by the Holy Spirit,
00:43:24.60\00:43:27.10
you will not fall,
00:43:27.14\00:43:28.94
you will not be deceived
00:43:28.97\00:43:30.31
because you know what truth is,
00:43:30.34\00:43:31.87
and you come to love that truth.
00:43:31.91\00:43:35.04
There's a difference.
00:43:35.08\00:43:37.45
"I know what it is,
and I go to church."
00:43:37.48\00:43:38.98
And I say, "No,
those are my commitments."
00:43:39.01\00:43:42.05
So many times
over and over and over
00:43:42.08\00:43:43.52
how happy we
should be on Sabbath,
00:43:43.55\00:43:45.35
they will come in
the presence of God
00:43:45.39\00:43:48.02
to worship like all of
heaven is worshiping today.
00:43:48.06\00:43:53.06
Not on any other day.
00:43:53.09\00:43:55.63
Deceive if
possible the very elect.
00:43:55.66\00:43:59.83
Listen, listen these
last words of this paragraph.
00:43:59.87\00:44:02.74
"The most seducing
influence will be exerted,
00:44:02.77\00:44:07.74
minds will be hypnotized."
00:44:07.78\00:44:13.35
Minds will be what?
00:44:13.38\00:44:15.58
Will be hypnotized.
00:44:15.62\00:44:17.95
See the problem is
that when we're hypnotized
00:44:17.99\00:44:19.59
and we don't think that we are.
00:44:19.62\00:44:20.96
The enemy is seeking
to fill up his church.
00:44:24.49\00:44:30.37
He's seeking to make sure
00:44:30.40\00:44:32.03
every seat is
full in his church.
00:44:32.07\00:44:35.14
And, you know what?
00:44:35.17\00:44:36.50
He's working toward
that, but God help us
00:44:36.54\00:44:38.64
that we're not seeking
to fill up the empty seats.
00:44:38.67\00:44:42.61
I'm not saying anybody's
not blaming anyone necessarily,
00:44:42.64\00:44:44.78
I'm just saying.
00:44:44.81\00:44:46.15
Are we working as
hard as he's working?
00:44:46.18\00:44:48.52
Is he not working hard?
00:44:51.75\00:44:53.59
Yes, that's why you went through
00:44:53.62\00:44:55.96
what you went through this week.
00:44:55.99\00:44:57.76
That's why you
got the little knocks
00:44:57.79\00:44:59.13
and veins on your head.
00:44:59.16\00:45:00.50
That's why things are happening,
00:45:00.53\00:45:01.86
people say things going on,
we don't want to understand,
00:45:01.90\00:45:03.57
to discourage to dishearten
us to say, "What's the use?"
00:45:03.60\00:45:07.00
He's seeking to
fill up his church
00:45:10.24\00:45:13.14
with his people just like Him.
00:45:13.17\00:45:16.85
Remember, we know when
the image of God, right,
00:45:16.88\00:45:20.08
is fully reproduced
in man, He will what?
00:45:20.12\00:45:22.58
He will come back.
00:45:22.62\00:45:24.02
The devil says, "My people
will have my image in me."
00:45:24.05\00:45:27.66
See he's just copy cat,
everything for every truth.
00:45:27.69\00:45:29.62
I would say he always
put it together that way,
00:45:29.66\00:45:31.86
and you can't go wrong.
00:45:31.89\00:45:33.23
So he says when their character,
00:45:33.26\00:45:35.00
when my character,
00:45:35.03\00:45:36.36
the enemy says it's
fully reproduced in him
00:45:36.40\00:45:37.73
and say,
"They're going to be mine.
00:45:37.77\00:45:39.97
They're going to do the
bidding I want them to do.
00:45:40.00\00:45:42.10
I can't maybe go out and
do all these things here,
00:45:42.14\00:45:44.21
but I can use, I can
use Kenny to do this.
00:45:44.24\00:45:49.51
I can use John to do this.
I can use Pete to do this."
00:45:49.54\00:45:52.11
You see?
00:45:52.15\00:45:53.52
"And I don't even want them
to know that I'm using them."
00:45:53.55\00:45:59.25
But if we know what
truth is, we'll understand it.
00:45:59.29\00:46:02.32
Same time when he's working,
00:46:02.36\00:46:03.69
God is working to the
power of the Holy Spirit
00:46:03.73\00:46:05.99
to fill His church
with people just like Him.
00:46:06.03\00:46:11.80
We have that choice to make.
00:46:11.83\00:46:13.34
How many of you heard of
the celebration movement?
00:46:13.37\00:46:18.17
Anybody heard of the
celebration movement?
00:46:18.21\00:46:20.64
See I've through
that many, many years ago,
00:46:20.68\00:46:23.65
and I hope to find
that little booklet
00:46:23.68\00:46:25.31
so we can offer that some time
00:46:25.35\00:46:26.82
and I don't want to
get ahead of self here.
00:46:26.85\00:46:28.18
But this is a movement
00:46:28.22\00:46:30.19
that we're going to be
looking at very closely.
00:46:30.22\00:46:34.16
How many of you have heard
of Romans or Rome's Vatican II?
00:46:34.19\00:46:39.76
Anybody heard Rome's Vatican II?
00:46:39.79\00:46:43.26
Friends, because we
don't understand celebration
00:46:43.30\00:46:45.57
because we don't
understand what took place
00:46:45.60\00:46:47.64
at Rome's Vatican II,
00:46:47.67\00:46:49.67
we've missed out the plan
00:46:49.70\00:46:51.74
that the papacy has
to ensnare you and me
00:46:51.77\00:46:55.44
in their form of worship.
00:46:55.48\00:46:58.28
Our form in Adventism of worship
00:46:58.31\00:47:00.95
has changed tremendously,
00:47:00.98\00:47:03.85
maybe not in the
place that you're at
00:47:03.89\00:47:05.72
or at right here
but around the world.
00:47:05.75\00:47:09.66
Because there was,
the enemy had a plan,
00:47:09.69\00:47:12.29
we make sure we
don't fall into that.
00:47:12.33\00:47:16.53
So if no one's really
heard about Rome's Vatican II
00:47:16.56\00:47:20.20
what it is simply this
and we'll talk more about it.
00:47:20.24\00:47:23.57
It's a strategy, notice
this, it's a strategy of Rome,
00:47:23.61\00:47:28.08
I'll call it the
papacy so we get squared away,
00:47:28.11\00:47:30.65
to bring all
churches into her fold.
00:47:30.68\00:47:35.62
That makes sense?
00:47:35.65\00:47:37.39
Rome has what?
00:47:37.42\00:47:39.25
A plan, Satan has his
church, he has a plan.
00:47:39.29\00:47:44.33
The plan under the
Vatican II and documented
00:47:44.36\00:47:48.46
and written now is
to bring all churches
00:47:48.50\00:47:51.63
back to the mother church.
00:47:51.67\00:47:55.00
We're talking
about Protestants too.
00:47:55.04\00:47:58.11
And you think
that's impossibility.
00:47:58.14\00:48:00.08
No, it's not, no it's not,
00:48:00.11\00:48:03.45
not if what we've
read in the Word of God
00:48:03.48\00:48:05.38
that the enemy is going to
change in Spirit of Prophecy
00:48:05.41\00:48:08.75
the way that he
conducts himself,
00:48:08.78\00:48:11.29
and the way that
people look at the church.
00:48:11.32\00:48:16.86
He's changing his
method so it's more acceptable.
00:48:16.89\00:48:20.16
We've time to read
a few of those things.
00:48:20.20\00:48:23.50
Now you say he can't bring
all churches into her fold.
00:48:23.53\00:48:27.44
I'm going to read some
of this quick as I can,
00:48:27.47\00:48:28.90
Revelation 17, jot it down,
00:48:28.94\00:48:30.77
and you can have the opportunity
00:48:30.81\00:48:33.64
to read it little bit later.
00:48:33.68\00:48:35.18
Revelation 17,
00:48:35.21\00:48:37.21
I'm going to
read verses 12 and 13.
00:48:37.25\00:48:39.98
Here's how the
enemy does his work.
00:48:40.02\00:48:42.08
Notice that,
versus, what, 12 and 13,
00:48:42.12\00:48:44.29
Revelation 17.
00:48:44.32\00:48:45.65
Notice this, "And the 10 horns
which thou sawest are 10 kings,
00:48:45.69\00:48:50.46
which have
received no kingdom as yet,"
00:48:50.49\00:48:53.26
notice, "but receive power
00:48:53.29\00:48:55.36
as kings one
hour with the beast."
00:48:55.40\00:48:59.00
Did you get it?
00:48:59.03\00:49:00.90
Short period of time.
00:49:00.94\00:49:02.27
Notice this, verse
13, "These have one mind,
00:49:02.30\00:49:07.11
and shall give their power
and strength unto the beast."
00:49:07.14\00:49:11.98
Of course, you went 14 on down.
00:49:12.01\00:49:13.58
"This power
makes war," with what?
00:49:13.62\00:49:15.52
Notice the verse
14, "with the Lamb,
00:49:15.55\00:49:17.55
and the Lamb
shall overcome them."
00:49:17.59\00:49:20.86
Notice it.
00:49:20.89\00:49:22.22
All the world as
the war comes together,
00:49:22.26\00:49:23.79
we need to find
out how in this world,
00:49:23.83\00:49:26.26
how in this world
can the enemy do that
00:49:26.29\00:49:28.76
from Rome's power under,
00:49:28.80\00:49:30.50
you know, the
strategy plan that they have
00:49:30.53\00:49:32.67
to bring all of us under
00:49:32.70\00:49:34.04
to the one
little roof as it were,
00:49:34.07\00:49:35.94
and they can claim that
we are all one with them.
00:49:35.97\00:49:38.14
Evidently, it says
they all have one mind.
00:49:38.17\00:49:41.24
A short period of time,
00:49:41.28\00:49:42.61
it seems that
they've come together.
00:49:42.64\00:49:45.08
Interesting.
00:49:45.11\00:49:47.78
So Vatican's plan
00:49:47.82\00:49:50.59
is put into action.
00:49:50.62\00:49:53.82
And when that
plans put into action,
00:49:53.86\00:49:55.52
it has been for a long time,
00:49:55.56\00:49:57.26
it's going to
remove all distinctions
00:49:57.29\00:49:59.76
between worship
services of all churches
00:49:59.79\00:50:03.63
and established
one universal service.
00:50:03.67\00:50:07.40
Very interesting.
00:50:07.44\00:50:08.77
You think that can't be done.
00:50:08.80\00:50:10.14
I'll show you
how it can be done.
00:50:10.17\00:50:12.57
Don't have time
but I'll show you.
00:50:12.61\00:50:14.88
What does Rome's plan
on using to accomplish...
00:50:14.91\00:50:17.78
What is Rome's plan on
using to accomplish this?
00:50:17.81\00:50:20.98
Two things quickly,
00:50:21.02\00:50:22.35
they're going to use
the ecumenical movement
00:50:22.38\00:50:25.49
and number two
celebration type services.
00:50:25.52\00:50:30.46
So the process things we
come up with all the stuff.
00:50:30.49\00:50:32.63
No, it came from the
papacy from Rome Church.
00:50:32.66\00:50:37.77
Popes are living
up to their names
00:50:37.80\00:50:41.80
Pontifex Maximus,
what is that simply mean?
00:50:41.84\00:50:45.77
It means supreme bridge builder,
00:50:45.81\00:50:50.18
they're living
up to their names,
00:50:50.21\00:50:51.88
they want to build like what?
00:50:51.91\00:50:53.25
A bridge to the Protestant world
00:50:53.28\00:50:54.98
have us come over
and be accepted by them.
00:50:55.02\00:50:58.15
Please notice
that very interesting.
00:50:58.19\00:51:00.52
Rome's goal to make sure
00:51:00.56\00:51:02.56
that know, when they
implement these things
00:51:02.59\00:51:04.39
and are and have
been implementing them
00:51:04.43\00:51:06.39
that there's no one
00:51:06.43\00:51:07.76
that's going to
protest her authority.
00:51:07.80\00:51:10.60
We're going to accept it.
00:51:10.63\00:51:11.97
Have you ever
seen thing like that
00:51:12.00\00:51:13.34
in the last several
years how Protestants
00:51:13.37\00:51:14.70
just grasping
hands with the papacy
00:51:14.74\00:51:16.77
and shaking hands
00:51:16.81\00:51:18.14
with the big leaders
of the Protestant movement
00:51:18.17\00:51:20.01
and everybody saying
they're different now,
00:51:20.04\00:51:21.51
everything's going
to work out real good.
00:51:21.54\00:51:23.51
We're going to accept
their style of worship.
00:51:23.55\00:51:26.15
Absolutely.
00:51:26.18\00:51:28.45
So Rome's purpose,
once again, is what?
00:51:28.48\00:51:30.69
To bring all mankind into the,
notice this, the church's fold.
00:51:30.72\00:51:36.29
This is their
goal, this is their...
00:51:36.32\00:51:37.93
They write it down
themselves, surely to beat,
00:51:37.96\00:51:41.03
somebody help me.
00:51:41.06\00:51:42.96
That we need to know
00:51:43.00\00:51:45.00
this is been going on for years
in little book on celebration,
00:51:45.03\00:51:47.90
so it had to be
25 years or more ago
00:51:47.94\00:51:50.64
wrote this little
booklet about this.
00:51:50.67\00:51:53.21
It's going on,
heavy duty at the time.
00:51:53.24\00:51:55.34
Anybody know Malachi Martin?
00:51:59.45\00:52:01.98
Yeah.
00:52:02.02\00:52:03.49
He's a Vatican expert in
his book about The Jesuits.
00:52:03.52\00:52:08.36
Yes.
00:52:08.39\00:52:09.72
Notice what it says here,
page 318, notice what he says,
00:52:09.76\00:52:12.99
he tells us this.
00:52:13.03\00:52:14.36
On January 25th,
1959, Pope John the 23rd
00:52:14.40\00:52:19.33
call for ecumenical council.
00:52:19.37\00:52:21.54
So what's he got,
now three months after
00:52:21.57\00:52:23.37
the other pope
died, he called and said,
00:52:23.41\00:52:24.74
"I want a council meeting,
I want things changed up here,
00:52:24.77\00:52:27.01
things are not going the
way we think they need to go."
00:52:27.04\00:52:28.98
His purpose was to present
00:52:29.01\00:52:30.35
the beliefs of
the Roman Catholicism
00:52:30.38\00:52:34.32
as updated form
00:52:34.35\00:52:36.79
so that they would
be more intelligible
00:52:36.82\00:52:38.85
than ever to modern man.
00:52:38.89\00:52:41.29
Did you get it?
00:52:41.32\00:52:42.66
All stuff the way were before
00:52:42.69\00:52:44.03
was, kind of,
confusing thereabout,
00:52:44.06\00:52:45.39
said to modern man,
00:52:45.43\00:52:46.76
we're going to give
this to the whole world,
00:52:46.80\00:52:48.13
they need to understand
what we're saying here.
00:52:48.16\00:52:49.86
He also hope that we're such
00:52:49.90\00:52:52.17
and updating the
contemporary world of men
00:52:52.20\00:52:54.90
would feel attracted
to the Catholic faith,
00:52:54.94\00:52:58.37
especially, now that
the Roman Catholic Church
00:52:58.41\00:53:01.81
was adopting a
conciliatory stand.
00:53:01.84\00:53:05.88
The Catholic Church says,
00:53:05.91\00:53:07.25
"If we're not going to
get along with the process,
00:53:07.28\00:53:08.62
they're not going
to come back to us
00:53:08.65\00:53:09.98
unless we have a
conciliatory stand,
00:53:10.02\00:53:11.75
which means a reconciling,
which means, we need..."
00:53:11.79\00:53:15.62
Okay listen, "We
need to make friends with,
00:53:15.66\00:53:20.03
we need to gain
friends by being kind
00:53:20.06\00:53:23.97
instead of having the
name that we used have."
00:53:24.00\00:53:28.04
All of a plan by
examining the doctrines,
00:53:28.07\00:53:31.61
the teachings of Vatican II
00:53:31.64\00:53:33.21
which, you know, in
imprint a change was coming,
00:53:33.24\00:53:37.21
the church worship format
and ecumenical involvement.
00:53:37.25\00:53:42.52
Rome's plan
according to the document,
00:53:42.55\00:53:45.42
quickly couple of minutes
left, of Vatican II Volume I,
00:53:45.45\00:53:49.06
December 1963 says this.
00:53:49.09\00:53:52.33
This is their plan.
00:53:52.36\00:53:53.70
It was, "To foster
whatever can promote union
00:53:53.73\00:53:56.50
among all who
believe in Christ,"
00:53:56.53\00:53:59.50
what?
00:53:59.53\00:54:00.87
Bridge the gap between all
who believe in Jesus Christ.
00:54:00.90\00:54:04.11
"To strengthen whatever can help
00:54:04.14\00:54:05.87
to call all mankind
into the churches full."
00:54:05.91\00:54:12.05
Catholic folk.
00:54:12.08\00:54:13.92
Did you get that?
00:54:13.95\00:54:15.28
And they said,
particularly, according to...
00:54:17.75\00:54:20.02
It says particularly here.
00:54:20.06\00:54:21.39
We need...
00:54:21.42\00:54:22.76
There's reasons for
undertaking this reform
00:54:22.79\00:54:24.13
and promotion for liturgy.
00:54:24.16\00:54:26.06
Think about that that's
prescribed form of what?
00:54:26.09\00:54:29.03
Of ritual or public worship
00:54:29.06\00:54:30.93
in any of various
Christian churches.
00:54:30.97\00:54:33.57
They want to
change the form of what?
00:54:33.60\00:54:35.50
Of the way that we worship.
00:54:35.54\00:54:37.27
They want to do it in
the way that they believe
00:54:37.31\00:54:39.44
that they can gain
00:54:39.47\00:54:41.08
and that we
will all accept that.
00:54:41.11\00:54:42.84
This will be the main point,
00:54:42.88\00:54:44.88
main instrument for reclamation
00:54:44.91\00:54:47.82
as it we're bringing back
to reclaiming of the churches.
00:54:47.85\00:54:51.05
We have the opportunity,
friends, you must have known,
00:54:51.09\00:54:53.56
we have
opportunity to know this plan
00:54:53.59\00:54:56.46
and to lay this plan out.
00:54:56.49\00:54:58.96
And in this
plan, we will find that
00:54:58.99\00:55:00.60
it's incorporating spiritualism,
00:55:00.63\00:55:03.97
apostate Protestantism,
and of course, Rome.
00:55:04.00\00:55:09.47
Rome has a plan.
00:55:09.50\00:55:13.17
The enemy has his
church, and he has a plan.
00:55:13.21\00:55:19.05
It's been laid out
00:55:19.08\00:55:20.98
we can read exactly
what their plans are.
00:55:21.02\00:55:24.35
They think
Protestantism, I guess,
00:55:24.39\00:55:25.75
is so off the rocker
that we don't understand
00:55:25.79\00:55:28.22
and can read what
they put in print,
00:55:28.26\00:55:30.33
we what, 'cause
many of us not reading
00:55:30.36\00:55:31.96
and because we don't know,
00:55:31.99\00:55:33.83
but we need to
understand this plan
00:55:33.86\00:55:35.60
and then as we understand
it, we're going to do what?
00:55:35.63\00:55:38.50
We're going to make sure
we don't follow that plan.
00:55:38.53\00:55:41.44
We're going to talk much more
about that in the second part.
00:55:41.47\00:55:43.41
Right now I have a
quick word of prayer.
00:55:43.44\00:55:44.77
I've only got 20 seconds left,
00:55:44.81\00:55:46.14
I'm going to
pray for you right now
00:55:46.17\00:55:47.51
for making decisions for Christ.
00:55:47.54\00:55:48.88
Father in heaven,
00:55:48.91\00:55:50.25
we thank You for
Your precious word.
00:55:50.28\00:55:51.61
Lest we pray those
who are making decisions
00:55:51.65\00:55:52.98
given us information now
00:55:53.01\00:55:54.35
that we're going
to follow through,
00:55:54.38\00:55:55.72
we're going to
understand, and we thank You,
00:55:55.75\00:55:57.09
and we love You in Jesus' name.
00:55:57.12\00:55:58.45
Amen.
00:55:58.49\00:56:00.02
I appreciate you joined us,
00:56:00.06\00:56:01.46
and we look forward to
spend some time with you.
00:56:01.49\00:56:03.49
You know, stay
in the Word of God,
00:56:03.53\00:56:04.86
stay close to Him.
00:56:04.89\00:56:06.23
God bless you.
00:56:06.26\00:56:07.83
Hello, and
welcome back, friends.
00:56:07.86\00:56:09.66
God given
knowledge, truly, is power
00:56:09.70\00:56:12.47
in the spiritual warfare
that we find ourselves in.
00:56:12.50\00:56:15.60
In closing, allow me to read
from one of my favorite books
00:56:15.64\00:56:18.77
that is entitled
The Great Controversy,
00:56:18.81\00:56:20.91
page 518.
00:56:20.94\00:56:22.78
"When there is no
special effort made
00:56:22.81\00:56:25.58
to resist his power,
00:56:25.61\00:56:27.45
when indifference prevails
in the church and the world,
00:56:27.48\00:56:30.49
Satan is not
concerned for he is in no danger
00:56:30.52\00:56:34.02
of losing those whom
00:56:34.06\00:56:35.39
he is leading
captive at his will.
00:56:35.42\00:56:37.66
But when the attention
is called to eternal things,
00:56:37.69\00:56:41.13
and the souls are inquiring,
'What must I do to be saved?'
00:56:41.16\00:56:46.10
He is on the ground,
seeking to match his power
00:56:46.13\00:56:49.07
against the power of Christ
00:56:49.10\00:56:50.87
and to counteract the
influence of the Holy Spirit."
00:56:50.91\00:56:54.38
Dear, friends,
our very existence
00:56:54.41\00:56:57.48
depends upon our
humble earnest desire
00:56:57.51\00:57:00.28
to learn what truth is,
00:57:00.32\00:57:01.82
accept Christ as our Lord
and Savior and worship Him
00:57:01.85\00:57:06.69
in a church that is teaching
as He teaches in Scripture.
00:57:06.72\00:57:10.76
And as always,
00:57:10.79\00:57:12.29
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